Greenville Trip

BonaResponds Spring Break trip to Greenville SC.

BonaResponds is going to Greenville SC over spring break.  We will be leaving Sunday Feb 27th and returning March 6th.  It is open to all. Work  will include helping Fr. Pat Tuttle, helping in an elementary school (St. Anthony of Padua), ramp building, fix ups, clean-ups, and basically whatever the area needs.  It is open to all (priority will be given to those who frequently help oin local days). 

Cost will be between $150 and $200 (still figuring some out).  $100 if you meet us there.  (if cost is the only thing holding you back, please come to the meeting and discuss financial alternatives.   There will be a SHORT meeting 5:20 to 5:45 on Tues in Murphy 103.

St. Anthony School

Many BonaResponds volunteers remember working in Greenville SC last winter with Fr. Pat Tuttle. Here is a video on their efforts to get a new school. Watch it, I bet you will recognize many of the people. From Fr Pat, to the principal, to some of the students.



Barring a major natural disaster between now and "spring" break, we will be taking a group back to Greenville. Trying to line up places to stay, and work still, so if you are from down that way, let me know!,

Coverage of the Atlanta/Greenville Trip

From tomorrow's BV by Elizabeth Grady

"Twenty-one students made the trip south to help rebuild the orphanage, which burned down in 2007. The students stayed from Jan. 5 to 13 and worked on tasks including installing piping and hanging ceilings.

Steve Gearhart, a senior physics major, was responsible for the organization of the trip, Jim Mahar, coordinator of BonaResponds and associate professor of finance, said.

According to Ally Kotz, a sophomore elementary special education major, the goal was much broader than just rebuilding.

"The main goal of this trip was to help as many people as we could," Kotz said"